Ars Electronica Festival · 1999
The Hyperbolic Tree
by Ramana Rao
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1999
“The Hyperbolic Tree” by Ramana Rao received a Honorary Mention in the Net Based Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1999.
The Hyperbolic Tree is a novel user interface component for interacting with very large hierarchies. The design of The Hyperbolic Tree rests on great skills we share as humans, like seeing “purple” or “big” or tracking moving objects, rather than on specialized knowledge or painfully acquired skills.
About Ramana Rao
Ramana Rao is Chief Technology Officer and Director of Engineering and a founder of Inxight. He is the primary designer of The Hyperbolic Tree, which he co-invented with John Lamping at Xerox PARX, and the Table Lens.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.